As winter approaches, get information about seasonal weather hazards such as icing, turbulence and IMC. Then take a detailed look at turbulence followed by a flight scenario with fall/winter weather.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Explore some of the unique weather associated with mountain flying and the nuances of weather caused by mountainous terrain. Then discuss climate and change, what causes our climate to vary and annual influences to weather such as the ENSO pattern. The final flight scenario uses winter conditions in mountainous terrain.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Independence Aviation is hosting it's annual Fall Open House at Centennial Airport on Saturday, September 15 from 9am-1pm in their Willowbrook hangars at the very end of Control Tower Rd.
We'll also be hosting a Seminar on site at the same time that you are welcome to listen in on. It'll be presented by Robert A. Wright, President of Wright Aviation Solutions LLC, and the topic he'll be covering will be on "Single-Pilot Resource Management - A Critical Set of Pilot Skills".
There will be music, food on the grill after 11am, a massage station courtesy of Kambeitz Chiropractic, MyGoFlight will be there with their airplane and new heads up display, Go Rentals will be there, and lots of Cirrus airplanes on display! Come check it out!
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Learn about all available aviation weather information sources, how to decode and understand what you see, and where the information comes from. Then review another flight scenario with summer weather.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Join us in Erie for the 10th annual Spirit of Flight Day at the Spirit of Flight Center located adjacent to Erie Municipal Airport. It's the biggest Car and Airplane show of the year there!
There will be a Sky Parade, Kids' Activities, Live Music, a Beer Garden, Museum Tours, Door Prizes, Car/Plane Show, and Great Food!
It's $10 for adults and $5 for kids 4-12. Kids under 3 are free!
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
In this class we'll review weather phenomena such as thunderstorms and coastal stratus. And get an in-depth understanding of the Skew-T log/P-thermodynmaic diagram. Then look at a flight scenario with summer weather.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Join us at Independence Aviation for our summer open house, where you will get to see our latest Cirrus fleet on static display at our Willowbrook Hangars, chat with our instructors, and have a cookout on the grill. And the Cirrus Vision Jet may make an appearance as well!
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Review icing, turbulence and thunderstorms. Then take an in-depth look at thunderstorms, the environments they form in and how to forecast areas likely to experience thunderstorms. Close with a flight scenario based on springtime weather.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
Our monthly discussion about IMC related operations and hangar chat scenarios.
This session covers the basics of aviation weather, what causes weather to develop in certain areas as well as basic aviation weather hazards. Get an in-depth look at icing and explore a sample flight scenario with winter weather.